• Chances are, you'll lose most college-basketball games in which your foe is afforded the opportunity to take 45 free throws. UTEP learned that lesson last night at East Carolina in a game from which Coach Tim Floyd was escorted off the court by a lawman after receiving his first and second technical fouls of the season. Something about "aggressive behavior." Said Floyd, a perfectionist, "I've always earned my technicals and I didn't feel like I earned it." (Cop arrives on set at 1:42. H/T Dustin). [El Paso Times]

• Arizona State QB Steven Threet is calling it a football career after suffering four concussions in the past five seasons. [Arizona Republic]

• The National Football League, which wants to add two games to the regular season, will announce a new sideline concussion test at the Scouting Combines on Friday. [Fox Sports]

• This video is what happens when there's a 20-minute lighting problem at a Penguins home overtime loss featuring an injured defenseman. [NHL]

• Kansas City Royals pitcher Joakim Soria would prefer you not call him the "Mexicutioner" anymore "in support to Mexico to stop all the violence!!!" [Kansas City Star]

• A high-school junior from South Jersey won the state bowling championship. He bowls with two hands. [Star Ledger]

• In the last two first-leg matches of the UEFA round-of-16, Manchester United played a scoreless draw with Marseille, but defending runners-up Bayern Munich beat defending champs Inter Milan on a goal in the 90th minute. [Guardian, Goal.com]